Improved bedstead-fastening



A UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB J. SMITH, OF PHILADELPliIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

lMPaovED BEDsTEAo-FASTENING.

Spectcaliqn; forming p artcf Letters vPatent MAQ, 120, dated March 29, 1864 To all whom t'tmay concern; Be itknown that I, JACOB J. SMITH, of the city of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Im- -tioh and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, mak- .ginga part of this specification, inl which- Figures 1 and 2 represent horizontal sections of a bedsteadlpost connected with the side' and end rails by means of the said fastening Figs.

3 and 4, sectional side views of partsof Fig. l;

and Figs. 5 and 6 perspective views ofthe two iasteningplates,(see -i connected in Fig. 1,) like letters, when in the diii'erent iigures, indicating the saine parts.

The nat-ure of my invention consists, suhstantially tis-hereinafter described and specified, in the peculiar construction of .two flat wroughtiron plates, and applying them to the post and rail pieces, respectively, of a` bedsteadso that the plate in the one piece shall aord a slightly-inclined projection on one side only of an appropriate recess' made in the s iid piece, and the plate in the other piece af ford a bent projecting end, adapted to enter. the recess .in the iirst-meutioned piece and connect with the said'inclined project-ion in the rc'cess thereof, the two plates operating together, by the-gravitation of the rail, to bind the latter and the post more firmly together,

vwherebya more simple, cheap, reliable, and

durable fastening for bed'steads is produced.

,2 In the drawings, A is the bed-post; -B B',

-' the ra\ils;C'C/, the fastening-plates; D, the

pins whereby the plates C are secured in the pist and rail, respectively, andglil the recess, which in the present instance is made in the.

post. The ends of the rails BVB are made without tenons. Thespost A has a recess, E,

adapted to admit the projecting end of the plate C on its respective rail,l which -plate is simply a iiat piece of wroughtiron having its outer end bent over to one side, so as to form end of the rail, and is there secured by means of the transverse pin- D, as seen in Figs. 1, 2, and 4'. v

In the post A,-'Fig. 2, a like plate, C, is driven in at one side of the recess E, until its ,outer end becomes iiush with the outer surface of lthe post, and then secured therein by means of the pin D, as seen in the drawings.

.In Figs. 1, 3, and 5't-he plate C is shown with an inclined half-dovetail, f', on its inner end, so that the said plate may serve the tWo fold purpose of holding both rails, it extending from one recess to the other in the same post, as seen in Figs. .1 and 3. This latttr mode of constructing an'd applying the recess 'plate O answers well' 1n hard wood, but in the softer woods, or those of more' indentable nature, the plate constructed and applied so as to require a distinct plate,G, for each recess,

as seen in Fig. 2, is found to remain. more ...firmly in .itsnostion,. anais Atherefore prefer-.

able for the softer woods.

In the operation of this fastening it will be perceived that the plate 0,-'when fixed in the recess E in either of the modes described, presents an inclined projection, f, only on one side of 'the latter, and receives thereon the inclined bent end or lateralprojection f of a, like plate, (J, fired in the end of the rail, and, therefore, that the simple gravitation Aot' the latter, when in juxtaposition with the former, will cause its end to bebrouglit up into close and firm contact with the face of the post A, the length of the' proj( cing part of the plate in the rail and the length ot' the recess E. being such as to allow ot' the introduction of the said projecting part of the plate into such required connection with the plate in. the said recess, and that this firmness of contact will result whether the said plates he'constructed in eithervof the formsshown in'Figs. 5 and 6. It will also be (perceived that as it takes but about half the amount of the material and 'laborto produce these wrought-iron plate -ening for bedsteads is reduced by the present invention'to nearly one-half that of the former 3 andvw'hat lis of still greater importance, the` present fastenin g, being mad e of wrought-iron,

it is not liable to be easily broken or put out; ing of' the plates C C, constructed :md up of order in 'usz\, the latter' being,I defects esplied to the post and rails ufo. bedstemhsons pecizilly incident` to all east-iron fastenings. to operate togetlxeil in the manner described,

Having thus fully described my improved for thepurposes specified.

fastening for bedsteads and pointed out its JAQUE J. SMITH.

utility, what I claim as my invention, and de- Witnesses: sire to secure by Letters Patent, is I BENJ. MORISON, The fastening described, the same consist# JAMES P. DIX, n 

